A Yale doctor was named a 'diversity and inclusion' chair despite being accused of sexual harassment, a lawsuit says.
Yale University promoted an award-winning doctor to lead diversity and inclusion efforts in a medical school department last summer — despite receiving complaints that he had sexually harassed multiple women he supervised, according to a federal lawsuit filed Thursday.
after Dr. Roberta Hines, chair of Yale’s anesthesiology department, received a complaint about Fontes in 2018 from an assistant professor who said he had discriminated against her because of her pregnancy, she excused his behavior, saying he was “just being a boy.” And after receiving a complaint from an anesthesiology resident in 2019 who said Fontes made suggestive comments and gave her unwanted massages, Hines said that “boys will be boys,” according to the lawsuit.
“In the summer of 2019, the university was approached by three of the six plaintiffs and took appropriate action, offering them Yale’s Title IX resources of support, inclusive of guidance on filing a complaint with the university,” said Karen Peart, a Yale spokeswoman. “None of the plaintiffs chose to file a formal complaint; Yale has nonetheless been working to resolve the issues raised.
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